éwé
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Betawi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sundanese ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé),
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]éwé
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]éwé m (uncountable)
- the Ewe language
Old Sundanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé) — Sundanese script
Noun
[edit]éwé
- wife
- c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:
- Dianak ku waya, ja éwé ogé hanteu.
- How can I have a son, for I have not a wife?
- (extension) female person, woman, girl
- Synonym: éstri
Notes
[edit]- Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".
Descendants
[edit]- > Sundanese: awéwé (inherited) ("woman, girl")
- > Sundanese: éwé (inherited) ("to fuck, to have sex")
- → Betawi: éwé ("to fuck, to have sex")
- → Indonesian: ewe ("to fuck, to have sex")
Sundanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé) — Sundanese script
Noun
[edit]Verb
[edit]Notes
[edit]- Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".
References
[edit]- ^ "Ewe" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 166.
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